The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 10/09/2016 11:21 pm by Jillian
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. After you have successfully built the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.